Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction. Why W. G. Sebald 1
Chapter 1. Literature as Historiography in Context 33
Chapter 2. Conscious Historiography and the Writer’s Conscience 69
Chapter 3. What is (in) an Image? Mimesis, Representability, and Visual History 100
Chapter 4. Chronology and Coincidence in the Narrative Cosmos 150
Chapter 5. Witness and Testimony in Literary Memory 182
Chapter 6. Translation as Metaphor and Conservative Innovation 216
Conclusion. Panoramic Outlook 246
Bibliography of W. G. Sebalds Primary Works and of Works Cited 250
Name Index 279
Subject Index 286

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction. Why W. G. Sebald 1
Chapter 1. Literature as Historiography in Context 33
Chapter 2. Conscious Historiography and the Writer’s Conscience 69
Chapter 3. What is (in) an Image? Mimesis, Representability, and Visual History 100
Chapter 4. Chronology and Coincidence in the Narrative Cosmos 150
Chapter 5. Witness and Testimony in Literary Memory 182
Chapter 6. Translation as Metaphor and Conservative Innovation 216
Conclusion. Panoramic Outlook 246
Bibliography of W. G. Sebalds Primary Works and of Works Cited 250
Name Index 279
Subject Index 286

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